Patriotic show and movie on tap tonight at Route 66 Movie Theater

In addition to Webb City’s fireworks display on Friday night, you can celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday tonight (Thursday) by watching James Cagney in “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and a live song-and-dance patriotic tribute at the Route 66 Movie Theater.

Admission is free.

The Pinocchio Patriotic Pre-show will start at 6 p.m. Dance numbers include “Grand Old Flag,” Yankee Doodle,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Party in the U.S.A.”

Four songs will also be included: “The House I Live In (What Is America to Me),” “America the Beautiful,” “God Bless America” and “Tomorrow.”

At 6:30 p.m., the 1942 movie “Yankee Doodle Dandy” starring James Cagney will be shown. It is a biographical musical drama about George M. Cohan, known as “The Man Who Owned Broadway.”